The prospect of high heat and motivated marathoners has prompted the Boston Athletic Association to offer their 26,700 starters a chance to defer running till next… Read more “WEATHER CONTINUES TO DOMINATE BOSTON DISCUSSION”
Tag: Boston Marathon
WHETHER THE WEATHER FOR BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY
If in real estate it’s location, location, location, in marathon running it’s weather, weather weather. People are eyeballing the weather stations like tornado chasers for this Monday’s… Read more “WHETHER THE WEATHER FOR BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY”
ANTICIPATING SPRING MARATHON SEASON
Talking about too many good shortstops…First, Athletics Kenya went through a politically bruising process before finally deciding (IMHO, properly) how to select its men’s 10,000 meter Olympic… Read more “ANTICIPATING SPRING MARATHON SEASON”
SAME AS IT EVER WAS
As we approach this weekend’s USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, once again we find the advance stories focusing as much on… Read more “SAME AS IT EVER WAS”
BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012
Again in 2012, the two springtime World Marathon Majors, Boston and London, will be staged six days apart. Boston’s 116th annual sets off from Hopkinton on… Read more “BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012”
$500,000 WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TITLE COMING DOWN TO A NYC SHOOT-OUT
As we begin the countdown to the November 6th ING New York City Marathon, there are several threads of interest braided through the men’s and women’s… Read more “$500,000 WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TITLE COMING DOWN TO A NYC SHOOT-OUT”
B.A.A. CREATES NEW RACE SERIES
Amazing how times change. For decades the Boston Athletic Association was the most staunchly conservative organization in all of running, fighting tooth and nail against the… Read more “B.A.A. CREATES NEW RACE SERIES”
CROWDING THE NUMBERS
Thus have Prince William & Catherine been joined in Holy Matrimony in London’s Westminster Abbey with the eyes of England and the world upon them. And… Read more “CROWDING THE NUMBERS”